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enAllan Bieganski – Four Rivers Co-ophttp://canadianbusinessexecutive.com/agriculture/case-studies/allan-bieganski-%E2%80%93-four-rivers-co-op-four-rivers-run-through-it
<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>It’s still business as usual in Western Canada, albeit on an expanded basis, for the rebranded Four Rivers Co-op under the leadership of Allan Bieganski</p>
</div></div></div>Tue, 19 Jun 2018 11:15:52 +0000admin2282 at http://canadianbusinessexecutive.comStandard Nutrition Companyhttp://canadianbusinessexecutive.com/agriculture/case-studies/standard-nutrition-company-furthering-success-producers-more-a-century
<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>The roots of <a href="http://www.standardnutrition.com">Standard Nutrition Company</a> date back to 1886, when veterinarian F.E. Sanborn first began approaching American family farmers, introducing nutritional supplements for homegrown feedstuffs. This launched The F.E. Sanborn Company, which is now Standard Nutrition Company. Located in Omaha, Nebraska, the livestock nutrition consulting firm focuses on working with producers to enhance their management, techniques and processes.</p></div></div></div>Fri, 09 Dec 2016 14:48:43 +0000admin2252 at http://canadianbusinessexecutive.comBrussels Livestockhttp://canadianbusinessexecutive.com/agriculture/case-studies/brussels-livestock-serving-ontario-a-full-service-livestock-auction-house
<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>Since 1953, <a href="http://www.brusselslivestock.ca">Brussels Livestock</a> has been one of Ontario’s largest and most trusted livestock auction houses. For over 60 years, Brussels has been connecting sellers and buyers, ensuring mutual success and fair market value for their livestock.</p></div></div></div>Fri, 09 Dec 2016 13:32:32 +0000admin2247 at http://canadianbusinessexecutive.comATV Farmshttp://canadianbusinessexecutive.com/agriculture/case-studies/atv-farms-root-vegetable-specialists-serving-customers-throughout-americas
<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>Founded in 2007 by the Agresti family, the family-owned and –operated enterprise grows, packs and ships a wide range of root vegetables to customers throughout North and South America, the Caribbean, Puerto Rico, the United Kingdom and Europe from its headquarters in Holland Landing, Ontario.</p>
<p>“My father has been in the business for over 40 years, and I’ve been in it for 20,” says Anthony Agresti, president of <a href="http://atvfarms.com">ATV Farms</a>.</p></div></div></div>Thu, 08 Dec 2016 20:46:52 +0000admin2242 at http://canadianbusinessexecutive.comAbsorbent Products Ltd.http://canadianbusinessexecutive.com/agriculture/case-studies/absorbent-products-ltd-soaking-praise-and-market-share-north-american
<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>Since 1989, <a href="http://www.absorbentproductsltd.com">Absorbent Products Ltd.</a> has been Canada’s exclusive producer of diatomaceous earth (DE), a naturally occurring sedimentary rock primarily composed of silica. The Kamloops-based company is the only DE producer in Canada that owns its own mines, allowing it a superior level of control over the quality of its products.</p>
<p>While Absorbent Products once primarily focused on producing DE for the cat litter industry as a clumping agent, the company has steadily expanded the number of markets it serves in recent years.</p></div></div></div>Thu, 08 Dec 2016 20:23:47 +0000admin2238 at http://canadianbusinessexecutive.comSwan Valley Consumers Cooperative Ltd.http://canadianbusinessexecutive.com/agriculture/case-studies/swan-valley-consumers-cooperative-ltd-supporting-communities-greater-swan
<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>In Manitoba, the Swan Valley Consumer Cooperative Ltd. is celebrating 75 successful years in business, offering the products and services that help build, feed and fuel individuals and rural communities. The 7,000-member-strong cooperative covers the entire Swan River Valley in Manitoba.</p></div></div></div>Tue, 01 Mar 2016 20:55:15 +0000admin2207 at http://canadianbusinessexecutive.comCoppola Farms Inc. http://canadianbusinessexecutive.com/agriculture/case-studies/coppola-farms-inc-a-family-name-ontario-grown-tomatoes-cucumbers-and
<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>Coppola Farms Inc. is a grower and shipper of top-quality <a href="http://www.coppolafarms.com/products.html" target="_blank">greenhouse-grown tomatoes</a>, cucumbers and peppers in Kingsville, Ontario. The agricultural operation custom packs and ships these products locally and into the United States. Coppola Farms was founded by owners Tony Coppola Sr. and his cousin, Tony Coppola Jr., along with their brothers, Joe Coppola and Frank Coppola in 2000. Family ties and direct owner involvement have played an integral role in Coppola Farms’ development since inception.</p></div></div></div>Tue, 01 Mar 2016 19:52:32 +0000admin2188 at http://canadianbusinessexecutive.comAbbotsford Growers Ltd.http://canadianbusinessexecutive.com/agriculture/case-studies/abbotsford-growers-ltd-berry-processing-and-packing-abbotsford-british
<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>As the agricultural industry changes rapidly, sometimes the structure of a business no longer holds up. In Abbotsford, British Columbia, one business is making a strong recovery after a dramatic change. After more than 60 years as the Abbotsford Growers Co-Op, the organization faced financial collapse. In order to preserve regional resources and continue to serve local farmers, the business changed course, reemerging as Abbotsford Growers Ltd.</p></div></div></div>Tue, 01 Mar 2016 19:46:05 +0000admin2184 at http://canadianbusinessexecutive.comJamesway Incubator Company Inc.http://canadianbusinessexecutive.com/agriculture/case-studies/jamesway-incubator-company-inc-setting-global-standard-poultry-incubators
<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>Since 1890, <a href="http://www.jamesway.com/" target="_blank">Jamesway Incubator Company Inc.</a> has been designing and manufacturing quality, efficient incubation systems and hatchery equipment. Based in Cambridge, Ontario, and offering a ‘Worry Free Hatchery’ value proposition to poultry producers and niche industries such as vaccine facilities throughout the world, Jamesway has become a leader in innovation and service. Celebrating 125 years in 2015, the company continues to expand its expertise and geographic reach with both standard and customized systems.</p></div></div></div>Tue, 10 Nov 2015 19:53:35 +0000admin2147 at http://canadianbusinessexecutive.comDominion Farm Produce Ltd.http://canadianbusinessexecutive.com/agriculture/case-studies/dominion-farm-produce-ltd-growing-packing-and-shipping-root-vegetables
<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>Since 1965, <a href="http://www.dominionfarms.ca/" target="_blank">Dominion Farm Produce Ltd.</a> has been processing, packing, storing and shipping fresh root vegetables in Bradford, Ontario. The central depot, where local growers would bring produce for packing and distribution, grew steadily and in 1973, partners Nino Tomizza and Louis Devald entered a joint agreement with Gro-Pak Farms. This agreement integrated growing, storage and harvesting under the Dominion Farm umbrella, which was later sold to Dominion Citrus, the operation’s principal company.</p></div></div></div>Tue, 10 Nov 2015 19:52:33 +0000admin2146 at http://canadianbusinessexecutive.comDriediger Farms Ltd.http://canadianbusinessexecutive.com/agriculture/case-studies/driediger-farms-ltd-fresh-and-frozen-berries-grown-langley-british-columbia
<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>Incorporated in 1964, <a href="http://driedigerfarms.com/index.php/sample-page-2/" target="_blank">Driediger Farms Ltd.</a> has been producing and distributing fresh, and now frozen, strawberries, raspberries, blueberries, blackberries, cherries and red currants for more than half a century. Established by her parents, the farm is now under the skilled management of Rhonda Driediger, president of Driediger Farms.</p></div></div></div>Tue, 10 Nov 2015 19:48:51 +0000admin2145 at http://canadianbusinessexecutive.comEMF Nutritionhttp://canadianbusinessexecutive.com/agriculture/case-studies/emf-nutrition-diversified-agricultural-products-and-services-western-canada
<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>A growing worldwide need for food, along with changes in consumer demand, research initiatives, and technological advances are a few of the issues the agriculture industry faces in the 21st century. Fortunately, agriculture was built on a foundation of innovation and is not an industry to shy away from challenges.</p></div></div></div>Tue, 10 Nov 2015 19:48:09 +0000admin2144 at http://canadianbusinessexecutive.comDelmas Co-operative Associationhttp://canadianbusinessexecutive.com/agriculture/case-studies/delmas-co-operative-association-one-stop-shop-island-home-and-grocery-needs
<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>In Masset, on the north shore, and Skidegate on the south shore of the islands of Haida Gwaii, British Columbia, <a href="http://delmascoop.com/delmascoop2007/Contact_Info.html" target="_blank">Delmas Co-operative Association</a> is the westernmost cooperative in Canada. With a population of less than 5,000, Haida Gwaii is a remote region that’s not home to many of the conveniences of the mainland, but for nearly 70 years, Delmas Co-op has served as a one-stop shop for a range of items islanders need to get by.</p></div></div></div>Tue, 10 Nov 2015 19:47:39 +0000admin2143 at http://canadianbusinessexecutive.comDelta View Farms Ltd.http://canadianbusinessexecutive.com/agriculture/case-studies/delta-view-farms-ltd-family-run-tomato-grower-partner-windset-farms
<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>Based in Delta, British Columbia, Delta View Farms Ltd. is one of the region’s most reputable greenhouse-tomato growers. Situated on 18 acres, Delta View Farms produces a range of tomato varieties, including beefsteak, roma and multicolored cherry tomatoes.</p>
<p><img alt="Delta View Farms Ltd." src="/sites/default/files/Roma.jpg" style="height:300px; width:450px" /></p></div></div></div>Tue, 10 Nov 2015 19:47:02 +0000admin2142 at http://canadianbusinessexecutive.comWestern Harvest Gardenshttp://canadianbusinessexecutive.com/agriculture/case-studies/western-harvest-gardens-quebec%E2%80%99s-fourth-generation-family-grower-exporter
<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>From apples to carrots, lettuce to beets, rutabaga to potatoes, a variety of vegetables and so much more, <a href="http://www.wharvest.ca/en/" target="_blank">Western Harvest Gardens</a> (Western Harvest) has been passionate about farming in Quebec for four generations.</p>
<p>Perpetuated from father to son, Western Harvest’s roots trace back with Rene Guinois and Joe Piazza, whom created Western Harvest, as Joe Piazza was working with Rene Guinois, Ghislain and Normand’s father, in the 1970s.</p></div></div></div>Tue, 22 Sep 2015 13:38:56 +0000admin2131 at http://canadianbusinessexecutive.com